I was watching my girl Paula Deen today and she was making Arnold Palmer Cupcakes from scratch. An Arnold Palmer (in the South)is 1/2 Sweet Tea and 1/2 Lemonade mixed together to make a great drink (you could add a little kick with rum if you want even more.
The cupcakes sounded delicious, but I wondered why I had to go to all the trouble to do it from scratch. So I used a yellow cake mix and instead of the 1 1/3 Cup of water I used the 1 1/3 of warm milk steeped with tea as the liquid, grated some lemon rind and added 1 Tbsp of lemon juice. She also used the Tea infused milk and lemon juice to make the chocolate butter cream, so I did the same. I have to tell you the cupcakes are delicious, moist and very unusual. You go Paula!!!
Paula is a genius and I have made many of her recipes, never have I been dissapointed with the results. She is the most down to earth cook and her show is always entertaining.
I hope all of you had a great Valentine's Day and spent it with the ones you love.
Me....I spent it with the puppies curled up on the couch feeling lousy...don't know what is up with this getting sick stuff....enough is enough for this year.
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